Bird bath-house.



w. MACK.

BIRD BATH HOUSE.

APPLICATION HLED JUNE 2, 1914.

mzmmm Patented May 22, 1917.

N aw Z W WITNESSES WILLIAM MACK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BIRD BATH-HOUSE.

Application filed June 2,

i b all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, VVILLIAM MACK, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Bird Bath-House,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to bird cages, and its object is to provide a newand improved bird bath house arranged for convenient attachment to abird cage at the door opening to allow the bird to pass from the birdcage into the bath house to take a bath and then return to the cage, thebath house being arranged to allow of conveniently filling and emptyingthe bath tub.

In order to produce the desired result use is made of a bath tub in theform of a i drawer slidably mounted in the lower portion of the bathhouse.

practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, in

which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the bird bath house as applied to abird cage;

Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig.3;

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the same; and

Fig. 4 is a sectional plan view of the same with the bath tub removed.

he housing A of the bird bath house is preferably in the form of a boxprovided on top with hooks B adapted to hook onto the top bar C of thedoor opening of the bird cage 0, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1. Thehousing A is provided at the front, rear and sides with openings, theopenings at the sides and the rear being closed preferably by panes ofglass, celluloid or other diaphanous material to allow the light to passinto the housing. The housing is provided at the outer face at the sidesand rear with flanges arranged at the margin of the openings at thesides and bottom thereof, and forming guideways, to receive the saidpanes. The opening D at the front end of the housing A registers withthe door opening of the bird cage so that the bird can readily pass fromthe cage into the housing A to take a bath and then return to the cage 0It is understood that when the housing A is applied to the cage the doorthereof is first opened, as indicated in Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, Mitt.

1914. Serial No. 8d2,350.

1. The bottom D of the opening D is preferably curved to form a. perchfor the bird to hop on during its passage into and out of the bathhouse. The front lower portion of the housing A is adapted to abutagainst the bottom bar C of the door opening so as to securely hold thehousing in position on the front of the bird cage. The bottom of thehousing A. is provided with guideways E on which is mounted to slide abath tub F in the form of a drawer which forms the bottom of the housingand which is adapted to contain the water for the bath. The outer end ofthe bath tub F is provided with a knob F to permit of convenientlypulling the bath tub out of the housing i for emptying the bath water orrefilling the tub with fresh water prior to attaching the housing A tothe bird cage. It will be noticed that by the arrangement described thebath tub F can be conveniently filled with water while the housing A inposition on the bird cage C by drawing the bath tub F partly out andfilling the same with water and then pushing the bath tub back. Afterthe bird has taken a bath the drawer F can be pulled out and emptied ofthe soiled water and the housing A may be readily removed from the birdcage with out danger of spilling any of the water.

The bird bath house shown and described is very simple and durable inconstruction and can be readily applied to a bird cage or removedtherefrom as above set forth.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A bird bath house for removable attachment to a bird cage, comprisinga housing in the form of a box open at one side to register with thedoor opening of the bird cage, the said housing being closed at the topand at the other sides, means on the top of the housing for removablyattaching the same to the bird cage, the wall of the housing at thebottom of the opening in said open side being curved to form a perch,and a bath tub removably mounted in said housing and forming the bottomthereof.

2. The combination with a bird cage provided with a door opening havingtop and bottom transverse bars, of a bird bath house, comprising arectangular housing havin an open end adapted to register with the coropening of the bird cage, the housing being closed at the top and at theother ends, a

perch at the bottom of said end opening 1n the housing, hooks pivoted onthe closed top of said housing and adapted to be swung downward intoengagement with the said top bar of the door opening, the lower portionof said housing below the projecting perch being adapted to abut againstthe bottom bar of said door opening, and a bath tub removably mounted inprojecting Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the said housing and forming the bottom 1o thereof.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM MACK.

Witnesses:

GEO. Gr. Hos'rnn, PHILIP D. RoLLHAUs.

Commissioner of Iatents Washington, I). G.

